In July 2021, the Partnership for Improved Nutrition in Luang Namtha Province conducted a refresher training on “Leadership for Village Women” in Luang Namtha, Sing and Long Districts. The goal of the training was to enhance leadership skills among local women that they can apply in their daily lives, economic work, and public engagement,
On 19-23 July 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR, together with its partners, successfully completed a 5-day Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) training workshop for the “Your Life, Your Choice” curriculum in Dak Cheung District, Sekong Province. Your Life, Your Choice aims to reduce early pregnancy and early marriage in rural areas through peer-to-peer
CARE International in Lao PDR and ChildFund Laos are pleased to present Dissemination Workshop on Early Child Marriage Research in Laos and Introduction to CARE Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights. These researches were conducted in the province of Sekong, Xiengkhouang and Houaphan. The objectives of workshop are to exchange lessons learned, highlighting issues, causes
On July 29, 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR held a ceremony to handover medical equipment and COVID-19 prevention materials, worth a total of 74,176,000 kip, to the Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion in Vientiane Capital. The donation will be distributed to health staff and volunteers who are providing their services at mobile
On 27 July 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR provided consumer goods and sanitation kits with a total value of 153,491,200 kip to the Lao Federation of Trade Unions for workers at 10 target garment factories in Vientiane Capital that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. With this donation, we hope to continue to
On the afternoon of 19 July 2021, the Dak Cheung District Office, CARE International in Lao PDR held a ceremony to hand over medical equipment and vehicle loudspeakers to the Provincial Public Health Department in Sekong Province. All the donations will be sent to the three target community hospitals and 16 health centers in
Ceremony For the Announcement of 14 village as an Open Defecation Free Zone, Luang Namtha district on June 24, 2021 was held by The Partnership for Improved Nutrition Project in Luang Namtha province. This activity aims to enhance awareness the community behaviors in sanitations, particularly in defecation which can bring many diseases to the
Recently, CARE International in Lao PDR and the Department of Health in Phongsaly signed the Memorandums of Understanding for the Strengthen the Quality of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services (Phase III) project in Phongsaly Province. This project aims to improve Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health and builds on the significant progress of the
CARE International in Lao PDR has continued to install clean water systems at the Songkhone and Chalae Health Centers, Kaleum District, Sekong Province, as well as handing over equipment for COVID-19 prevention to the health centers in order to ensure health workers are equipped and prepared to respond to COVID-19.
On 11 June 2021, CARE International in Lao PDR, in collaboration with the Lao Federation of Trade Unions, held a project closing meeting for Protections and Choice for Marginalized Urban Women Phase II, with the aim of summarizing and reporting on the successes of the three-year project from 2018-2021. The project has focused on
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